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The symbol shows the location of the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 410,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) mast?

Oxford transmitter - Oxford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/12/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Oxford transmitter broadcast?

If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.

Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C41+ (634.2MHz)295mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South (Oxford), 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C44- (657.8MHz)295mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C47 (682.0MHz)295mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South (Oxford), 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C29 (538.0MHz)295mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C37- (601.8MHz)319mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C31 (554.0MHz)319mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LOX
 H -10dB
C46 (674.0MHz)295mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
from 22nd December 2014: 7 That's Oxford,

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Oxford transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South (Oxford) Today 0.4m homes 1.6%
from Oxford OX2 7DW, 6km west-southwest (258°)
to BBC South (Oxford) region - 6 masts.
BBC South (Oxford) Today shares 50% content with Southampton service
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 102km south (182°)
to ITV Meridian/Central (Thames Valley) region - 15 masts.
Thames Valley opt-out from Meridian (South). All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian+Oxford

How will the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-1723 May 2018
VHFC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TW TW T
C2BBCtvwaves
C29SDN
C31com7com7
C37com8com8
C41BBCA
C44D3+4
C46_local
C47BBCB
C49tv_offC5wavesC5waves
C50tv_off SDNSDN
C51tv_offLOXLOX
C53tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves+BBCA+BBCA+BBCA
C55tv_offArqBArqBArqBcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off
C57tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C59tv_off-ArqA-ArqA-ArqA
C60tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves-D3+4-D3+4-D3+4
C62SDN
C63BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 14 Sep 11 and 28 Sep 11.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 500kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 100kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 50kW
Analogue 5(-11dB) 40kW
com8(-14.7dB) 17.1kW
com7(-14.8dB) 16.4kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, LOX(-17dB) 10kW
Mux C*, Mux D*(-18dB) 8kW
Mux A*, Mux B*(-19.2dB) 6kW

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Oxford transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Dec 2006Central Independent Television
Dec 2006-Feb 2009ITV Thames Valley
Feb 2009-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Oxford was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Tuesday, 4 June 2024
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StevensOnln1
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7:41 PM

Jill Fenemore: Chris is another volunteer contributor. The transmitter engineering post you replied to comes from an automated feed provided by BBC Engineering. The Freeview helpline don't have access to any detailed engineering information, they're just a call centre who read from a script.

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Chris.SE
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11:02 PM

Jill Fenemore:

StevensOnln1 may have missed your previous post(s) but in essence he's given the same answer as I gave you. Unfortunately you will not get any useful information from Freeview helpline.
Believe you me, several of us have tried before, they don't have detailed technical information (even when the local manager has been pressed), they only have access to the same information that's come from an automated feed.

That said however, there's one point I mentioned to you in Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | free and easy for 21 years
This IS important because interference from new/upgraded phone masts can make your reception worse which may not have the same severe effects when there is no engineering.
Have you been in touch with Restore TV?

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Friday, 7 June 2024
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Chris.SE
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1:36 PM

StevensOnln1:

Well it looks like Jill Fenemore isn't going to return (yet again) and let us know if she ever contacted RestoreTV when advised many weeks ago, never mind provide the additional information requested at that time so that we could give her some more free help.

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Monday, 10 June 2024
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Jill Fenemore
12:40 PM
Bicester

Chris.SE: Hi I did go into the link that Chris kindly gave me but it was of no help. I will now telephone Restore TV as I am still having problems and the Oxford transmitter is STILL being worked on some 9 weeks later. My view is that they purposely dont want viewers to have any information so they make them selves uncontactable. Thank you for your help.

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Chris.SE
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1:07 PM

Jill Fenemore:

You should not have any problem getting a free Filter from Restore TV, your postcode should have been sent postcards according to their checker.

Please note that the filter should be connected between the aerial and any amp/splitter you may have for feeding more than one TV (that may be in your loft - and of course check that the amp/splitter still has power!).

I don't think they deliberately withhold information, sometimes the work is complex and weather dependent and predicted duration may not be something that can easily be done. Even engineers don't have ready access to what work is being done.

It is almost impossible to diagnose a problem with reception without sufficient detail when not at someone's premises, so when asked for additional information it's helpful when it's provided, as sometimes initial information is not sufficient or clear enough.

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Jill Fenemore
3:16 PM
Bicester

Chris.SE: Thank you very much for all your help, we didnt have a card from Restore TV. I have spoken to them this afternoon and they have been very helpful and are going to send out two filters which hopefully will sort the problem. Thank you again for your help.

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Chris.SE
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3:49 PM

Jill Fenemore:

Thanks for the update, let us know how it goes.

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Jill Fenemore
4:57 PM
Bicester

Chris.SE: I will do, it takes up to five days to arrive.

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Wednesday, 26 June 2024
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Jill Fenemore
5:03 PM

Chris thank you for all your advice. I have been using the filter supplied by Restore Tv for just over a week now and I have only had it freeze a few times and once no signal, both righted themselves quickly. Restore TV followed up with a phone call and asked where I heard about them and I explained about this site and your name as a helpful person. Thank you once again.Jill Fenemore

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Thursday, 27 June 2024
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Chris.SE
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1:37 AM

Jill Fenemore:

Thanks for the update Jill. Glad it's resolved your issue. As there is still Planned Engineering you may still see what will hopefully be only very short occurrences of disruption.

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